title: Correlation between essential tremor and migraine headache.
abstract: The relationship between essential tremor (ET) and migraine was investigated in a prospective study. In a group of 74 ET patients 36.5% had migraine compared with 17.7% of 102 control subjects without tremor. In a group of 58 patients with migraine 17.2% had ET compared with 1.2% of 85 controls without migraine. The prevalence of ET in migraine controls was greater than controls without migraine (22% compared with 1%; p = 0.002). It is concluded that there is an association between essential tremor and migraine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Illinois, Chicago.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Biary
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Koller
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Langenberg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D044469:Racial Groups; D012737:Sex Factors; D014202:Tremor / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics